Organ recital

Date:

Thursday, February 23, 1882

Time:

4.15 pm

Season/No:

1881-1882

The first half of this programme was devoted to the works of Handel who was born on 23 February 1685.

Venue:

University Music Class Room

Participant(s):

Professor Herbert Stanley Oakeley - organ

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

1. Organ concerto in B flat ... Handel
Andante maestoso - Allegro - Adagio - Allegretto

Choruses

(a) "May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours;
      To form fragrant pillows, arise, O ye flow'rs!
      Ye Zephyrs, soft breathing, theeir slumbers prolong,
      And nightingales lull them to sleep with their song."
                                                       (Solomon) ... Handel

(b) "He gave them hailstones for rain;
Fire, mingled with the rain, ran along the ground."
(Israel in Egypt) ... Handel

(c) "The round about the strry throne
      Of Him who ever rules alone,
            Your heavenly guided soul shall climb;
      Of all this earthly grossness quit
      With glory crowned for ever sit,
            And triumph over Death, and thee, O Time"
                                                 (Samson) ... Handel

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2. Air with Variations from Symphony in D ... Haydn

3. Pastorale for organ ... Gustav Merkel

4. Choral Song, "The Troubadour," ... H. S. Oakeley
(sung at University concert 1880)

5. March, "Cornelius," ... Mendelssohn
(introduced at University concert 1873)